A guide to Africa, it's trees and animals
A guide to the great plains of Africa, and the wildlife that flocks there every year to share it's rich bounties
Grey Crowned Crane
1
Balearica regulorum
White-bellied Bustard
2
Eupodotis senegalensis
Kori Bustard
3
Ardeotis kori
Red-knobbed Coot
4
Fulica cristata
Coqui Francolin
5
Francolinus coqui
Harlequin Quail
6
Coturnix delegorguei
Helmeted Guineafowl
7
Numida meleagris
White-browed Coucal
8
Centropus superciliosus
Black Coucal
9
Centropus grillii
Great Spotted Cuckoo
8
Clamator glandarius
Little Bee-eater
10
Merops pusillus
European Bee-eater
11
Merops apiaster
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
12
Merops oreobates
European Roller
11
Coracias garrulus
Lilac-breasted Roller
13
Coracias caudatus
Broad-billed Roller
14
Eurystomus glaucurus
Gray-headed Kingfisher
15
Halcyon leucocephala
Striped Kingfisher
11
Halcyon chelicuti
Woodland Kingfisher
16
Halcyon senegalensis
Pied Kingfisher
17
Ceryle rudis
Mourning Collared Dove
11
Streptopelia decipiens
Ring-necked Dove
7
Streptopelia capicola
Speckled Pigeon
18
Columba guinea
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
19
Turtur chalcospilos
African Green Pigeon
20
Treron calvus
Namaqua Dove
21
Oena capensis
Blue-naped Mousebird
22
Urocolius macrourus
Speckled Mousebird
23
Colius striatus
African Spoonbill
24
Platalea alba
African Sacred Ibis
25
Threskiornis aethiopicus
Hadada Ibis
23
Bostrychia hagedash
Glossy Ibis
26
Plegadis falcinellus
Little Stint
27
Calidris minuta
Common Greenshank
28
Tringa nebularia
Marsh Sandpiper
29
Tringa stagnatilis
Wood Sandpiper
30
Tringa glareola
Eurasian Curlew
31
Numenius arquata
Common Sandpiper
32
Actitis hypoleucos
Greater Painted-Snipe
33
Rostratula benghalensis
Lesser Flamingo
34
Phoeniconaias minor
Great White Pelican
35
Pelecanus onocrotalus
White-winged Tern
36
Chlidonias leucopterus
Temminck's Courser
32
Cursorius temminckii
Collared Pratincole
37
Glareola pratincola
Three-banded Courser
38
Rhinoptilus cinctus
Red-necked Falcon
39
Falco chicquera
Grey Kestrel
40
Falco ardosiaceus
Greater Kestrel
41
Falco rupicoloides
Pygmy Falcon
42
Polihierax semitorquatus
Abdim's Stork
43
Ciconia abdimii
White Stork
44
Ciconia ciconia
Woolly-necked Stork
45
Ciconia episcopus
Yellow-billed Stork
46
Mycteria ibis
Saddle-billed Stork
47
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
African Openbill
48
Anastomus lamelligerus
Common Ringed Plover
49
Charadrius hiaticula
Three-banded Plover
16
Charadrius tricollaris
Chestnut-banded Plover
50
Charadrius pallidus
Caspian Plover
51
Charadrius asiaticus
Kittlitz's Plover
32
Charadrius pecuarius
Black-winged Stilt
29
Himantopus himantopus
Senegal Lapwing
52
Vanellus lugubris
Black-winged Lapwing
53
Vanellus melanopterus
Spur-winged Lapwing
54
Vanellus spinosus
African Wattled Lapwing
16
Vanellus senegallus
Blacksmith Lapwing
55
Vanellus armatus
Crowned Lapwing
56
Vanellus coronatus
Pied Avocet
57
Recurvirostra avosetta
Spotted Thick-knee
23
Burhinus capensis
Water Thick-knee
40
Burhinus vermiculatus
Grey Heron
58
Ardea cinerea
Goliath Heron
38
Ardea goliath
Black-headed Heron
59
Ardea melanocephala
Rufous-bellied Heron
34
Ardeola rufiventris
Cattle Egret
60
Bubulcus ibis
Verreaux's Eagle
61
Aquila verreauxii
Tawny Eagle
16
Aquila rapax
Steppe Eagle
62
Aquila nipalensis
Montagu's Harrier
63
Circus pygargus
Western Marsh-Harrier
64
Circus aeruginosus
Pallid Harrier
65
Circus macrourus
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
67
Circaetus pectoralis
Brown Snake-Eagle
68
Circaetus cinereus
African Harrier-Hawk
69
Polyboroides typus
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
Black-winged Kite
70
Elanus caeruleus
African Fish-Eagle
71
Haliaeetus vocifer
Long-crested Eagle
16
Lophaetus occipitalis
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
72
Melierax poliopterus
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
2
Melierax metabates
Martial Eagle
73
Polemaetus bellicosus
Egyptian Vulture
74
Neophron percnopterus
White-backed Vulture
75
Gyps africanus
White-headed Vulture
76
Trigonoceps occipitalis
Lappet-faced Vulture
34
Torgos tracheliotos
Hooded Vulture
77
Necrosyrtes monachus
Von der Decken's Hornbill
78
Tockus deckeni
